ShellCodeX vulnerability brief
CRITICAL
Received
CVE-2026-72567
An improper path validation vulnerability in AsyncFuncAI/deepwiki-open through commit 16f35a0 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to write to or delete arbitrary files with root privileges. The api/api.py wiki-cache endpoint constructs file paths from user-controlled owner, repo, and repo_type fields without sanitization, enabling path traversal.
Published 10 Aug 2026, 11:17 UTC
Last modified 10 Aug 2026, 12:17 UTC
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Attack profile
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Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
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Weakness classification
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Source references
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